Community Tasting Notes 86

• andtheodor wrote: 91 points

  August 5, 2023 - Very high acid with piquillo and sour cherry, orange peel, spicy, and mushroomy with a robust dose of American oak. Classic, if on the leaner side now, the kind of wine you'd happily drink all evening if not for the additional wines in the flight.

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• Paul D wrote: flawed

  April 21, 2023 - This has a lovely aromatic pure blackcurrant fruited nose, with mint and soil notes. There was a slight musty whiff at the edge avery now and then. Medium bodied on the palate, again that lovely bright, pure dark fruit, touch of tobacco and soil, vibrant acids, just a touch firm on the tail end. Think this was borderline corked but still plenty to enjoy.

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• AndrewSGHall wrote:

  April 16, 2023 - One of the most uncanny tasting experiences ever. At first on the palate, lovely old Rioja with brick dust and cherries and in fifteen seconds, on the palate without another sip, overwhelming oxidative notes and just awful.
  
  Seems to be settling in the glass 15 min later. , though definite VA and balsamic on those strawberries. Nice acidity and structure. Has charm.
  
  eta - Did really go anywhere with a lot of time. Most old bones with small hits of interesting. Not bad, but generically old.

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• oenanthe Likes this wine: 89 points

  February 9, 2023 - Zombie Wines at Terra Rossa (Terra Rossa, Islington): Dark red. On the cool blue spectrum, quite fine and fresh all things considered, with what seemed like a fine suspension in the glass. Mellow.

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• FEDEVIDAL Likes this wine: 95 points

  February 13, 2022 - Se dice que estos GR 904 tienen, en general, un desarrollo de unos 20 años más otros 20 de mantenimiento. Esta botella sigue perfectamente la regla, a sus 28 años es evidente que
  ha llegado a su cima y que le queda aún buen trecho para aguantar en buenas condiciones.
  Se decantó durante tres horas con filtrado ya que estos vinos presentan siempre mucho poso y además del tapón salió hecho migas. Presenta un color picota de capa baja muy atejado en el borde. Aromas terciarios, cuero muy limpio, tierra, tabaco de cigarro puro habano, especies orientales y en el centro del aroma se encuentra sutil fruta negra acompañada de melocotón y albaricoque muy maduros. La boca es suavísima con taninos perfectamente integrados, y con la acidez suficiente para permitirle completar su ciclo, la boca es, además, profunda y de cuerpo ancho, (característica específica de estos GR de LRA), y se encuentran preciosas y amplias sensaciones frutales y su final es correctamente largo.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1994
• Type Red
• Producer La Rioja Alta
• Varietal Tempranillo Blend
• Designation Gran Reserva 904
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Spain
• Region La Rioja
• SubRegion La Rioja Alta
• Appellation Rioja
• UPC Code 8413529761093

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• Pending Delivery 10 (1%)
• In Cellars 373 (55%)
• Consumed 294 (43%)

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